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Flute

(American, active 1813–1833)
about 1830
Object PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, silver
DimensionsLength: 60.7 cm (23 7/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Robert E. and Ellen I. Eliason
Accession number2012.266
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsBACON & HART / PHILA. / [lyre]
Provenance1979, sold by James Francis, Toledo, Ohio, to Robert E. Eliason, Hanover, New Hampshire; 2012, gift of Eliason to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 30, 2012)
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